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WILLIAM EDWARD WEST
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1944 – February 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward West, of East Granby, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1944
- Home of record
- East Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Tuyen Duc Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 46
- WESLEY GEORGE THURSTONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT TORRESSergeant · February 5, 1968
- ENRIQUE VASQUEZCorporal · February 5, 1968
- EDWIN RUDOLPH WIERZBACorporal · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- LARRY VERNAL CLASPILLSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 33
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 34
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 35
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 37
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 37
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 39
- JAMES EDWARD STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 43
From East Granby
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEPEWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.